Heater.



R. DE POLO.

HEATER.

APPucATlon msu MAR. 29, 19u.

L24585. v PatentedNov. 6,1917.

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R. DE POLO.

HEATER.

APPUCATION FILED MAR. 29, 19|?.y

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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- @kfz-@ l' ROBERT lDE POLO, 0F CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

y Patenten Nov. e, 191 t.

Application led March 29, 1917. Serial No. 158,258.

To all whom t may concerm,

Be it known that I, ROBERT DE POLO, a citizen of the United States, residin at Connellsville, in the county of Fayette, tate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Heater; and I dO-hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved heater and system, and an object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this kind found particularly useful and advantageous for heating railway stations, country schools, and country and town Oiiices, and various other buildings.

A further object of the invention'is to provide a heater and system so constructed and installed as to do away with a great' deal of heat, smoke and the like that have been heretofore tolerated.

A further object of the invention is to provide a heater constructedI of bricks or fire brick or the like, and to protrude out about a foot from the wall, more or less,

and covered with ornamental tiles, making a finished structure (the exterior appearance of which to more or' less resemble the old German porcelain stove) so as to receive products o? combustion from a suitable stove a remote distance from the heater,

` whereby the brxcks and the like become red hot, thereby generating and radiating heat.

A further objectof the invention is to provide an improved heater in connection with which a stove of any suitable construction for burningv any kind of fuel, coal or trash and located at any remote distance from the heater, may be employed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a heater having a system of heating fues, the heat from which will causethe bricks of the heater to become red hot, thereby radiating sufficient heat to heat the /cold air in the cold air passages.

A further object of the invention is to provide a heat chamber extending over the heat flues and provided with an opening communicating with the interior of the room, there being a damper to control the heat into the interior of the room.

In practical fields, the details of construction mayI necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The'invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure lis a view in perspective of the improved heater, constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View on line 2-'-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig.-2. Fig. 6 is a Vertical sectional View showing parts 1n elevation of another form of heater used in connection with an open grate.

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional View on line 7-7 of Fig. 6. Referrin more especially to the drawings, 1 deslgnates the casing of the heater, the inner portionsof the outer walls and the various interior Walls of which may be constructed of suitable `fire brick or other refractory material, in order to become heated, and insure the radiation of the heat.

The outer portion of the casing of the heater 8 and 9 and 10. A suitable flue or pipe 11 extends from a conventional form of stove 12, and enters and communicates with the flue 3 of the heater, so as to carry the heat or products of combustion from the Stove into said passage or flue 3. This flue or passage 3 communicates with the flue or passage 4 by way of the port lor openin 13 over the top of the wall or division 8. he flue or passage 4 communicates with the flue or passage 5 by way of the port or opening 14, which extends under the wall 9. The flue 5 communicates with the fiue 6 by way of the port or opening 15 at the top of the wall 10. It is to be noted that the products of combustion or heat from the stove 12 pass through the pipe or iiue 11 and through the several iues 3 to 6, inclusive, and pass out through the lue or pipe 16 to the exterior atmosphere. As the roducts of combustion take this course, t e walls of the i'lues 3 to 6, inclusive (which are constructed of any suitable refractory material) become highly heated, in fact, substantially red hot'l therefore, heat radiates from the casing o the heater, heating the interior ot the room, as well as radiating heat into the heat chainber 17, the greater portion of which overlies the upper parts of said lues 3 to 6, inclusive. However, a wall 18 divides the heat chamber 17 from the upper end of the lues 3 to 6, inclusiv-e. rlfhe heat chamber 17 has a downwardly extending part 18a, there being an opening 19 in one of the side walls of the casing of the heater, so that heat from the chamber 17 may pass into the interior of the room. A suitable rod 20 is mounted in bearings of the casing of the heater, and extends transversely of the portion 18a of the chamber 17. One end of this rod is provided with a handle 21, wher-by the rod may be rotated. Mounted on and movable with the rod is an elongated damper 22, and when it is desired to confine the heat in the chamber 17, the damper 2.2 is closed, and in this case,l the heat from the chamber 17 may pass oil through the pipes or flues 23, which may convey the heat to any suitable location, in order to be employed for heating other rooms. These pipes or flues 23 are provided with dampers 24 for controlling the heat. Additional pipes or flues, similar to 23, may be provided for communication with the chamber 17. However, the number of pipes 23 depends upon the numberof rooms that may be contained in the building. 1f desired each of the pipes 23 may merge into branch pipes, which may extend to other rooms, each to have a damper to control the heat in its passage. The dainper 22 may be thrown open, which will permit the heat in the chamber 17 to pass out through the opening 19, intothe room, in which the heater is arranged. A little below the opening 19, and across the lower part of the portion 18a of the chamber 17, a division wall 25 connects the outer wall 26 of the casing and the wall 27. This wall 25 is arranged or constructed to provide a pocket or water container 28, so that the heat that is allowed to pass from the chamber 17 through the opening 19 into the room may absorb the requisite moisture. At the inner portions of the walls 7, 8, 9 and 10, where they intersect, av cold air flue 29 is provided. The lower portion 30 of the cold air flue 29 is divided off from the upper portion 31 of said flue, by means of the wall 32. Upon the examination of the drawings, it is to be observed that cold air iiues 33, 34, 35 and 36 are formed between the walls 7, 8, 9, and 10 respectively. The lower portion terasse 30 of the flue 31 communicates with said lues 33 to 36, inclusive, by way of the ports 37. The upper portion 31 of the flue 29 communicates with the cold air lues 33 to 36, inclusive, b way of the ports 38. A suitable cold air pipe 39 (which may receive air from any suitable source, not shown) connects to the lower part of the casing of the heater, in order to communicate with the lower part 30 of the cold air flue 29. lin this way air from any suitable source passes into the several cold air fines 33 to 36, inclusive, and passes upwardly through said lues 33 to 36 and through the ports 38, and through the upper part 31 of the flue 29, and out through the pipe or flue 40. This cold air, in passing through the liues 33 to 36, is baled by the baiile members 41, which are arranged in the sev- .eral lues 33 to 36. The baiiie members are arranged in staggered relation and to overlie each other; hence, it will be seen that by baffling the cold air in this manner, the air is retarded and at the same time becomes heated, and may be carried 0H through the pipe or {'lue 40, for heating purposes. Moreover, the cold'air, as it is baffled and heated, when passing throu h the fines 33 to 36, has a tendency to modi ythe intense heat of the casing of the heater. By means of the damper 42, the outlet of the air through the flue or pipe 40 may be controlled. In the lower part of the Hue 3 a fire pot 43 is constructed, and which may vbe of any conventional form, and the grate 44 of this fire pot may be supported in any suitable manner, for instance, upon the flange 45 of the wall of the fire pot, so as to rock. Projecting from the grate 44 is a projection 46 extending through a slot 47 a little below the door or closure 48 of the heater, and is provided with a handle 49. By imparting a backward and forward movement to the handle 49, the grate may be agitated, in order to loosen the ashes from the bed of coals supported in the pot. The door or closure 48 closes the opening 50, through which coal or the like may be put into the ire pot 43, and which may be used only when the stove 12 is dispensed with. When dispensing with the stove 12, the ashes or the like may pass through the ipe or flue 11 down into a suitable receptacIle in the cellar, not shown. A cross connecting flue 51 connects the iues' 11 and 16 and is provided with a damper 52, so that the heat may be carried off through the flue 16, by opening the damper 52 and closing the damper 53, so as to c'ool ofi the heater. Connected to the lower wall of the heater and in communication with the lower parts of the llues 4 and 5 are pipes 54, the lower ends of which are provided with caps or closures 55, by the removal of which caps, the soot and the like may be removed. Embedded in the upper portion of the front In Figs. 6 and 7, a heater 60 is shown, and

is designed to be constructed of any suitable refractory material, and is provided with four iues 61, 62,63 and 64. This heater is constructed adjacent to one side of a wall 65, the other side of which wall is provided with the usual form of open re lace 66 provided with an open lire grate This open lire place is substantially arched, and has lits side walls 68 provided with ports'of communication with the side paages 70, which are provided with suitable dampers 71 and 72, which are disposed above the.

ports 68. These passages 70 mer e into a single passage 73 of the chimney y4. One of the passages 70 has a port of communication 75 through the wall 65 with the ue 6 1, which is in communication with the flue 62' by way of the port 76 under the lower end of the partition77. The flue 62 is in turn in communication with the flue 63 by way of the port 78, and the flue 63 communicates with the flue 64 by way of the port 79. The upper end of the flue 64 communicates with the ue 73 of the chimney by way of the port 80, that is, above the damper 71. It will be seen that the heat arisingl from the re in the grate 67, provided the damper 71 is closed, will pass through the ports 68 and 75 into the flue 61 and thence into the several other flues 62, 63 and 64 and u through the flue of the chimney by way o the (port 80. If the damper 72 is closed, likewise the damper 71, all the heat will'follow such a course, as above stated. However, if the damper 72-is open or partially open, a proportion of the amount of' heat will pass through the flue having the dam er 72, thereby lessening the amount of hat that will pass through the passage having the damper 71, provided said damper 71 is closed. Extending down from the lower wall or the bottom of the heater shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and communicating with the lower ends of the iues 61 to 64, inclusive, are pipes 82 having caps 83, which may be removed for cleaning the soot and the like from the fiues.

This present invention is an improvement over the heating'l system attachment for ranges of Robert De 1 ?010, whose application was filed J une 30, 1916, and became patented December 12, 1916, Patent No. 1,208,300.

The invention having been set fortfr," what is claimed as new and useful, is:

i 1. A heater, comprising a casin con# structed from refractory material, said casing having a heat chamber in its u per part and provided with a plurality o vertical fines below said heat chamber, said `flutes being in communication at their alternate l ends, thereb Vormingan undulated passage,

through which products of combustion from the heat generator may'pass, whereby the refractory material may become heated and radiate heat into 'the heat chamber, and means for carrying off the heat fromy the heat chamber, said heat chamber having a water container-and an opening to allow the heat to enter a room.

2. A heater, comprising a casing con-- structed of refractory material, said casing havjng a heat chamber in its upper art an provided with a plurality of vertical iues below said heat chamber, said iues being .in communication at their alternate ends, thereby forming an undulated passage, through which products of combustion from the heat generator may pass whereby the refractory material may become heated and radiate heat into the heat chamber, intersecting walls dividing and separating said vertical flucs, and where said walls intersect in the center of the casing being provided with a vertical cold air ue, and a. partition dividing the lower part of the cold air-flue from the upper part, said intersecting walls being hollow and provided with cold air iues andbeing in communication with the upper and lower parts of the first cold air iue.

3. A heater, comprising a cas-ing constructed of refractory material, said casing having a heat chamber in its upper part and provided with a plurality of vertical lues below said heat chamber, said fiues being in communication at their alternate ends, thereby forming an undulated passage, through which products of combustion from the heat generator may pass whereby the refractory material may become heated and radiate heat into the heat chamber, intersecting walls dividing and separating said vertical ues, and where said walls' intersect in the cent/er of the casing being provided with a vertical cold air Hue, a partition dividing the lower part of the cold air flue from the upper part, said intersecting walls having cold air fluesin communication with the upper and lower parts of the first cold air iue, I

S. C. WHIPKEY, A. C. Snom.

DE PoLo. 

